Substitute for gasolene.



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wILLIAilr HENRY'S'IEVENS, or s'r, LOUIS, MISSOURI.

smasrrrorn 170a ensonnna To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. STEVENS,

I a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Substitutes for Gasolene, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved'substitute for asolene', and consists in the novel composition of matter hereinafter described and specificallydesignated in the appended claims.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved substitute for gasolene which will be cheaper than gasolene and yet highly efficient as a fuel for automobile motors and other hydrocarbon engines. I

My improved substitute for gasolene consists of a mixture of the following ingredients in about the proportions mentioned: crude oil (petroleum) 1 gallon, gasolene (74 test) 3 pints, ether 2 ounces, oil of citronella (or equivalent perfume) '1 teaspoonful, pulverized alum 1 teaspoonful, all

thoroughly mixed. p

Crude oil, or crude petroleum, as is well knohvn to those skilled in the art, contains sulfur, Wax, pitch, lubricating-oil, kerosene and a large number of other things, all of which I have found are essential to the satj isfactory production of my improved sub- Speciflcation 'of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 4, 1913. Serial NO; 804,591-

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

stitute-for gasolene; in fact, if a single constituent of petroleum be extracted from it at the time it is mixed'with my other named ingredients, my composition will beless per-. feet than it vvo'uld if all the constituents of the. etroleum were left in it.

. y improved substitute for gasolene may be used in common gasolene carbureters and will start the engine while the latter is cold, as I have found it is unnecessary to'apply heat to the carbureter.

The function of the alum is, so far as I am informed, to settle and clarify'the mixture of which it forms apart; to prevent the emission of smoke; to prevent corrosion and pitting of the engine valves; and to act as a cleanser of the engine parts.

' I claim:

1. A substitute for. gasolene, comprising a mixture of crude oil, gasolene, ether, and pulverized alum.

2. The herein-described substitute for gasolene, composed of crude oil (petroleum), gaSOIeIIe, ether, pulverized'alum, and oil of citronella.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to thisspecification,-in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY STEVENS.

Witnesses:

E. L. WALLACE, JOHN C. .llrcnon. 

